INDIA, January 6, 2023 (Indian Express): Ensure temporary rehabilitation centers at safe locations, aid camps and medical facilities, including facilities for airlift operations; evacuate danger zones; activate the disaster control room immediately; draw up drainage plans in less-affected areas. These were some of the key directions issued Friday by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami days after roads and over 560 houses in Joshimath, a key transit point for tourists traveling to Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib, developed cracks due to land subsidence, triggering panic and protests among the local population. The orders were issued after Dhami attended a high-level meeting with senior officials through video conference from the state secretariat. The Chief Minister is set to visit Joshimath Saturday.
Located at a height of 6,000 feet in Chamoli district, Joshimath falls in high-risk seismic Zone-V. According to officials, about 50 families staying in houses at risk have been rehabilitated. The Chamoli administration has made arrangements for temporary shelters by earmarking over 70 rooms, seven halls and an auditorium with a capacity of 385 people as temporary shelters. Safe locations are being identified in the Pipalkoti and Gauchar areas, near Joshimath, they said. According to data provided by the Chamoli administration, 561 houses in different areas of the town have developed cracks. Officials said the disaster management department is conducting surveys at locations where new cracks have developed. Some hotels in the area have tilted onto other buildings and new water sources have emerged in places, they said, adding that those affected are being shifted to night shelters while tourists have been banned from staying in hotels damaged by landslides.
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